He is to be buried at Ballyoan Cemetery at 2pm on Saturday, August 6 after a funeral service at his home in The Fountain area of Derry.

He was one of a small number of people who designed collarettes for the Orange Order and is thought to have been on his way back from Belfast where he was working on a batch of sashes for LOLs in Scotland.

Grandfather-of-three Mr Sherrard designed a special edition collarette when his hometown was the UK City of Culture in 2013.

Victor Wray, a former Grand Master of the City of Londonderry Grand Orange Lodge and personal friend, told Belfast Live: “Wilson will be greatly missed not only by his family, but by his many friends in the Orange Order and Apprentice Boys of Derry.

“He was widely known throughout the Institution; in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland through his work as a collarette manufacturer.

"Wilson who lived in the Fountain, Londonderry was a faithful members of Harmony LOL 858 and the city’s Apprentice Boys Browning Club.

"He started to make collarettes after being made redundant and had become renowned for the quality of his work."

The Grand Master Edward Stevenson added the traffic accident had "robbed the Orange Intuition of a loyal and dedicated brother" and offered the organisation’s sympathy to his wife Ann and sons, Christopher and Ryan.

DUP MLA Gary Middleton said: “Wilson Sherrard was a gentleman who was well known and respected within the community. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.